MONMOUTH, Ill. – Senior slugger Kale Rose was crowned Cornell's new all-time hits king Saturday afternoon in a Midwest Conference baseball doubleheader at Monmouth's Glasgow Field.
 
Rose accumulated his 191st career hit on a one-out double down the right-field line in the eighth inning of Game 2. That broke the program record of 190 hits, held by Walker Breard from 2015-18.  
 
Rose achieved the record-setting feat in his 140th career game with the Rams. The all-region middle infielder set Cornell's career runs record earlier this month, currently with 131.
 
The Rams (10-20 overall, 2-10 MWC) came up short on both sides of the twin bill, falling 5-2 and 7-6. Monmouth completed a three-game series sweep and improved to 13-17 overall, 8-6 in the MWC.
 
Despite managing just three hits in the opener, Cornell pulled within 3-2 in the fifth after a sacrifice fly by Seth Beals and RBI double by Collin Severson. Monmouth added two insurance runs and held Cornell hitless over the final four innings.
 
Mason Sellers doubled and scored a run for Cornell. Starting pitcher Vince Tinajero allowed four runs over 5.2 innings.
 
Esteban Perez and Sean Alvarez both homered in Game 2, which saw Cornell outhit the home team, 12-4. The Rams, however, committed four errors that led to three costly unearned runs.
 
Alvarez accounted for three hits, two runs and three RBIs, including a run-scoring single that brought Cornell within 7-6 with two outs in the top of the ninth. The Rams had the tying run on third base when the Fighting Scots induced a game-ending groundout.
 
Seller finished with three hits in the game. Perez had two RBIs.
 
Monmouth scored three unearned runs in a pivotal third inning that was the difference. Cornell freshman Karson Rose tossed five impressive innings in relief, allowing five hits and no runs.   
 
Coming up – The Rams are home Tuesday for a 4 p.m. doubleheader against Grinnell (17-14 overall, 5-7 MWC) at Ash Park.